Feature episode

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A Feature Episode (or weekly episode) is a series of missions, that were released by Cryptic Studios regularly on Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. Pacific time. They were typically five missions long and told an overarching story.

Cryptic ran "reruns" of these episodes as late as May 2012, but have since incorporated all Feature Episode missions into the main story sequence.

List of feature episodes (chronological release)

Cold War

Missions are listed under The Breen Invasion in the in-game mission journal.
Minimum level required to accept missions: 48 (Fed) 46 (KDF)

Episode #	Name	Release Date
1	“Cold Call”	28th August, 2010
2	“Out in the Cold”	4th September, 2010
3	“Cold Comfort”	11th September, 2010
4	“Cold Case”	18th September, 2010
5	“Cold Storage”	25th September, 2010

Spectres

Missions are listed under The Klingon War for Federation players and The Federation War for Klingon players in the in-game mission journal. Previously this Feature Series has also been called "The Devidians".
Minimum level required to accept missions: 11 (Fed) 25 (KDF)

Episode #	Name	Release Date
1	“Skirmish”	16th October, 2010
2	“Spin the Wheel”	23rd October, 2010
3	“What Lies Beneath”	30th October, 2010
4	“Everything Old is New”	6th November, 2010
5	“Night of the Comet”	13th November, 2010

Cloaked Intentions

Missions are listed under The Romulan Mystery in the in-game mission journal.
Minimum level required to accept missions: 34 (Fed) 36 (KDF)

Episode #	Name	Release Date
1	“The Vault”	5th February, 2011
2	“Mine Enemy”	12th February, 2011
3	“Frozen”	19th February, 2011
4	“Coliseum”	26th February, 2011
5	“Cutting the Cord”	5th March, 2011
6	“Darkness Before the Dawn”	5th March, 2011

The 2800

Mission names are listed under The Cardassian Struggle for Federation players and under Dominion Domination for Klingon players in the in-game mission journal.
Minimum level required to accept missions: 45 (Fed) 41 (KDF)

Episode #	Name	Release Date
1	“Second Wave”	11th February, 2012
2	“Of Bajor”	18th February, 2012
3	“Operation Gamma”	25th February, 2012
4	“Facility 4028”	3rd March, 2012
5	“Boldly They Rode”	10th March, 2012

History

Weekly episodes were introduced by Cryptic during Season Two: Ancient Enemies to prevent long waits between mission releases via seasons. Cryptic argued that the content delivered through large content updates was "burned" through by the players within a short amount of time, thus resulting in a longer wait for new content. By releasing new missions on a weekly basis, the players get less content per individual update but gain the feeling of anticipation similar to a new episode of the television series.

Initially, because the Breen Front missions were released first, they were available at all player levels, and the mark gear rewards were level-matched. Following the Free To Play release, the episode format was tightened up and all Series were fit in to a level-appropriate range. Hence why the 2800 Dominion series now occurs during the level-progression mission plotline before the Breen.

Re-Runs

On occasion Feature Episodes have been given "reruns", allowing players to gain the limited edition series rewards and replay the missions for Dilithium and/or Lobi Crystals. There may even be new item rewards.

• Series 1
  • 5th to 11th May 2011 as "The Breen"
  • 10th to 30th November 2011 as "The Breen"
  • 24th to 30th May 2012 as "Cold War"

• Series 2:
  • 12th to 18th May 2011 as "The Devidians"
  • 10th to 30th November 2011 as "The Devidians"
  • 3rd to 9th May 2012 as "Spectres"

• Series 3: Cloaked Intentions
  • 19th to 25th May 2011
  • 10th to 30th November 2011
  • 10th to 16th May 2012

• Series 4: The 2800
  • 17th to 23rd May 2012

External links

• Official Feature Episode Guide on startrekonline.com

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